West Virginia Code of State Rules
Agency 126 - Education
Title 126 - PROCEDURAL RULE BOARD OF EDUCATION
Series 126-134 - Certification Patterns For Licensure (5200)
Section 126-134-2 - Rationale

2.1. The Master Plan for Public Education has. as its major purpose improving the quality of learning and teaching in West Virginia. One of the governing principles of the Master Plan is the establishment of learner oriented programs corresponding to the developmental stages of the student's life. These stages have been identified at the pre- kindergarten, early childhood, middle childhood, and adolescent levels. The Educational Goals for West Virginia and subsequent State Board policies have as their foundation the principle that learner-oriented educational personnel programs must be established in accordance with the student developmental stages defined in the Master Plan.

2.2. As a result of Policy 5100, anyone accepted into an approved educational personnel preparation program in West Virginia after August 31,1985, must complete the content and professional education components at each programmatic level for which licensure is being sought. Therefore, in order to assure the public that high quality education is being provided to children and youth, licensure for professional educators must signify an alignment of public school educational programs and the preparation of professional educators.